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Menekse Gencer

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mPay Advisory: CEO advisory for emerging payments, DeFi, and banking at mPay Advisory - a Global Advisory Service
📍 San Francisco Bay Area, United States

Menekse is a C-Level advisor and board director specializing in FinTech, emerging payments, and risk mitigation. A Harvard and Wharton School alum, she has held executive roles at PayPal, Wells Fargo, and PwC, and served as CEO of Wespay. Colleagues describe her as a strategic, capable, and visionary leader.

She is passionate about financial inclusion and empowering underserved communities, serving as a Board Member for the FINRA Investor Education Foundation. She also mentors women in technology through the TechWomen program and has written about leveraging mobile money to solve global challenges like food security.

Interesting fact: Menekse swims in the San Francisco Bay all year round without a wetsuit.

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Experience
8 Years
Current Role
mPay Advisory: CEO advisory for emerging payments, DeFi, and banking
Job Level
Leadership
Location
San Francisco Bay Area, United States
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AI in Governance
Co-authored a NASDAQ-published report on AI risk management for boards, focusing on using AI to unlock growth and shareholder value.
Emerging Payments
Leads an advisory firm focused on emerging payments, advised the Federal Reserve on faster payments, and held executive roles in the payments industry at PayPal and Wespay.
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Career

Work history

mPay Advisory: CEO advisory for emerging payments, DeFi, and banking
mPay Advisory - a Global Advisory Service
4-2022
Board Member
FINRA Investor Education Foundation
1-2023
Advisory Board Member
Darwinium
Chief Executive Officer
Wespay
4-2019 - 7-2021
SVP, Customer Experience and Employee Experience
Wells Fargo
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Education
Bachelor of Arts - BA
Harvard University
Master of Business Administration - MBA
The Wharton School
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